Dante Moore in portal.
November 30th, 2023 at 5:59 PM ^
this was last year. (or whenever he committed).
November 30th, 2023 at 10:35 PM ^
This is amazing.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:40 PM ^
This is a serious question - is he honestly a culture fit?
November 30th, 2023 at 3:41 PM ^
Great cultures fit all those willing to work.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:51 PM ^
I'll be honest, I don't know much about him, but the fact that he's saying that he's okay with not being a starter right away and is looking for somewhere that he can develop seems like a good sign.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:12 PM ^
He has probably been humbled by this experience and had to swallow his pride. Good on him if he did.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:36 PM ^
Maybe this was the plan all along, grab the NIL money, then come back to Michigan! *happy smiley emogi*
November 30th, 2023 at 4:43 PM ^
“I co-sign this plan.”
~Quinn Ewers
November 30th, 2023 at 4:45 PM ^
I don't know him and I hope you are correct. I hope he makes the right decision for himself, wherever that may take him. He's a young man, entitled and expected to not always make the best decisions and hopefully will learn and grow from the experience.
November 30th, 2023 at 5:18 PM ^
Michigan doesn’t have a track record of developing QBs.
November 30th, 2023 at 6:50 PM ^
To paraphrase JJ: I did a lot of film study on 25. When he looks to a receiver he will turn his shoulders. All he's covering then is his body width. I saw that and let her rip.
I don't think he picked that up in high school.
November 30th, 2023 at 9:10 PM ^
The NFL is full of Michigan QBs, right? When Moore talks bout being developed, he’s no doubt talking about getting prepared for the NFL. It’s hard to develop NFL QBs in a run first offense. McCarthy is so talented that’s he’s been an exception. Meanwhile, the last OSU QB starters have been 1st round picks.
November 30th, 2023 at 10:37 PM ^
To be fair, besides USC and Bama how many colleges really produce a lot of NFL QBs?
Most of the starting QBs are just one offs from different schools.
Edit: I meant OU, pretty much anyone Lincoln Riley coaches.
December 1st, 2023 at 10:24 AM ^
You're totally right. Michigan failed to produce NFL QBs during the RichRod and Brady Hoke/Al Borges eras, coaches who are renowned for their sophisticated NFL schemes and development of QBs.
Under Harbaugh, Michigan has (1) produced an NFL draft pick out of Jake Rudock, who was a backup at Iowa, (2) produced a third-team all-B1G season out of Wilton Speight, who was a three-star recruit, and likely would have been an NFL draft pick but for his severe back injury, (3) gotten two decent seasons out of Shea Patterson, who mostly wanted to work on his golf game; (4) won a B1G championship with Cade McNamara, who was a 3/4 star prospect, and (5) developed JJ McCarthy, who was snubbed by OSU, into a likely 1st-round pick.
Even if you call Shea Patterson a coaching failure, that's still a pretty decent track record with a bunch of guys who weren't blue-chip recruits, other than JJ who is living up to it.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:04 PM ^
This is actually a great question. I watched a few of his games at UCLA and he didn't quite have the demeanor that you would want with a quarterback when things aren't going exactly well. Also, NIL seemed to be a humongous deal for him in his recruitment. Is it still the same?
November 30th, 2023 at 4:28 PM ^
NIL @ Oregon >>>>>NIL @ UCLA
And to be honest, coming from Detroit King, he was probably just not a fit for a culture of losing.
November 30th, 2023 at 5:34 PM ^
But Bo Nix returned to Oregon, so . . . .
November 30th, 2023 at 4:28 PM ^
I think this year may have humbled him QUITE a bit.
If he learned his lesson and is ready to work and be humble - then yes.
If he blames all of his troubles on the dumpster fire that is Kelly's UCLA program - then no.
It's maybe worth a call, but I'm skeptical that Michigan won't be wasting their time here.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:49 PM ^
The Michigan coaching staff has had the opportunity to know the young man. They certainly know of his on field experience this past year and I'm sure have a sense of whether or not he would be a good fit for Michigan.
December 1st, 2023 at 10:26 AM ^
Chip Kelly has always been a love-him-or-hate-him type of coach. I don't think you can read too much into a freshman player from across the country not loving Chip.
What's the downside of bringing Moore in? If he doesn't buy in, then presumably he'll transfer out after a year or two. But if he comes back to life, he could be a valuable bridge to the Jadyn Davis era.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:33 PM ^
Culture fit? Idk
Timeline fit? Unclear
November 30th, 2023 at 3:40 PM ^
"For these next upcoming years, I just want to go to a place where I can get developed," Moore told 247Sports. "That's the main thing is really development, making sure you're bettering yourself every day and having a staff around you that's going to help develop you. So I'd say the biggest things are going to a place where I can get developed and continue to love and have fun playing football and be around a place that loves college football and be around great athletes."
Let me tell you about this place called Michigan, Dante...
November 30th, 2023 at 4:05 PM ^
Is it possible he tailored his statement to sound appealing to whatever program takes him? Or is it possible this is an indirect way of asking Michigan to extend an offer?
He went from valuing immediate playing time and NIL to sounding like the ideal Michigan recruit within a year. Maybe he got humbled by college defenses?
November 30th, 2023 at 4:25 PM ^
Let me get this straight, you want to be developed then?
November 30th, 2023 at 4:27 PM ^
Sounds like he's repeating Michigan's recruiting pitch to him lol
December 1st, 2023 at 10:48 AM ^
I think he's most likely to go to Oregon. He was committed there before he flipped to UCLA, and now they have an opening with Bo Nix leaving. And now that Oregon is in the B1G, he'd even get to play games in and around his home state of Michigan. Oregon did a great job developing Nix after he looked shaky at Auburn, so they can certainly pitch Moore on that.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:40 PM ^
What a joke. NCAA, bagmen and tampering is more of a problem than sign stealing ever will be.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:40 PM ^
Would be a good addition to back up JJ (should he come back) and compete with Davis in 25. He was atrocious this year and should not have gone to a school that was telling him he could play right.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:46 PM ^
Did he not flash some of his talent before showing his inexperience as a Freshman?
Also, Westwood is no A2. Westwood is now a shit hole full of homeless people and empty stores.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:48 PM ^
He definitely did but he wasn't ready to play starter minutes and it showed.
They should have been mixing in specific sets for him like JJ in 2021.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:49 PM ^
I thought so. He has skill. But watching how his season played out is what makes me terrified about the possibility of having a true freshman starter next year.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:05 PM ^
I have no idea who will start next year, but I think the odds of it being a true freshman are very very slim.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:28 PM ^
If Michigan starts a true freshman next year, this is not a shot at Cade, the offense will look much more like 2021 than 2023
November 30th, 2023 at 5:22 PM ^
If McCarthy leaves, they aren’t going to be able to replace him with anyone near as good, so Michigan will probably look more like 2021 no matter who the QB is.
November 30th, 2023 at 5:47 PM ^
I can handle another season like ‘21.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:05 PM ^
Tell me that you don't actually know anything about Westwood without saying that you don't know shit about Westwood...
November 30th, 2023 at 5:58 PM ^
He saw footage of it from a network very vested in you thinking its a shithole.
December 1st, 2023 at 4:12 PM ^
I actually grew up in the area and have visited Westwood several times this year. I know what it was and what it has become. How many have you actually lived in the area and have seen what it has become? I am betting not many if any.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:51 PM ^
Westwood is not a shithole, Tucker.
December 1st, 2023 at 12:44 PM ^
Cuz I sawz it onna the teevee
Lol....I live in SF and go to L.A. often for work and was there quite recently with my son to tour UCLA. Westwood is far from a shithole full of homeless people...a laughable assertion at best. Tell me you've never been to Westwood without TMYNBTW. 😂
Same bs peddled about SF where someone drives by the worst 6 blocks in the city at the worst hour and tries to purport that somehow the entire city is huddling amidst the wreckage of burned out buildings, trying to avoid avalanches of human feces and everyone shoplifting to get by. 🙄
December 1st, 2023 at 4:07 PM ^
I spent time walking around Westwood on many occasions in the last year. I also grew up in the area and know what it USED to be like. My last time there, I counted 10 homeless people in less than a city block.
My eyes did not deceive me. Maybe because it isn't a literal shit filled city like SF where you live, you thought it was nice.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:14 PM ^
IIRC part of his requirements during recruiting was the opportunity to play right away. And NIL, but it was both. Good to see he's recognized that playing right away by itself may not always be the right path.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:56 PM ^
I feel the same. We should not pursue him as a plug and play option if JJ leaves
December 1st, 2023 at 10:27 AM ^
True freshman QBs almost always suck, unless they're generational prospects like Trevor Lawrence or Chad Henne, or unless they're scrambly guys who can lean on their athleticism like Caleb Williams. Moore is neither.
He's now gotten valuable experience and hopefully will be much improved at his next stop.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:41 PM ^
Shocked.
Seriously, good luck to him. It will be mildly interesting to see where he goes (unless he goes Blue, in which case it will be very interesting; but I doubt it).
November 30th, 2023 at 3:42 PM ^
When you're only in it for the bag, it's a hallow and unsatisfying life.
November 30th, 2023 at 3:50 PM ^
Go forth, Tarnish.
November 30th, 2023 at 4:10 PM ^
Also hollow.